The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Launched in 2013, Classkick’s app lets teachers with iPads or Chromebooks create lessons for any subject. Sharing answers and the thinking behind them is also the goal of a third social-learning tool, called Pear Deck , launched in 2014 by former teachers in Iowa City. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Examples of services like this include many EdTech products out there, including Edmodo, Remind, ClassDojo, Schoology, most digital text offerings from traditional publishers like Pearson and McGraw Hill, learning programs like Agilix Buzz, and app ecosystems like Amplify tablets, iPads, and Chromebooks.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The program he’s referring to is an online learning platform, Edgenuity. During the 2016-17 school year, 71 schools in the state used online learning platforms, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. Online learning platforms like that where you don’t have a teacher just scream, ‘Nobody cares about you.’”.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 In Smart School money, districts find different approaches to tech | The Daily Gazette → Every school district in the state gets a cut of the $2 billion NY state bonds approved by voters in 2014 to enhance technology in schools. But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 school years, teacher retention grew from 60 to 90 percent. At the school, personalized learning has many facets, some of which are reminiscent of special education. CICS West Belden uses Summit, an online learning platform that has drawn criticism from some parents who worry about excessive screen time.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

Between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 school years, teacher retention grew from 60 to 90 percent. At the school, personalized learning has many facets, some of which are reminiscent of special education. CICS West Belden uses Summit, an online learning platform that has drawn criticism from some parents who worry about excessive screen time.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. The ratio of children to Chromebooks, in grades three through five, is one to one. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

This fall, enrollment was on pace to top 950, a two-thirds increase since 2014. He finds online learning boring, but says he is “learning a lot.” In September, online learning got off to a rocky start. But even though Marc found online learning boring, he said, “I’m learning a lot.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2014, the college and career planning startup ConnectEDU filed for bankruptcy , as it struggled to make good on its debts despite having raised some $61 million in venture funding. ConnectEDU.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Here’s Edsurge’s “exclusive” on the news that Android apps will soon be able on Chromebooks. ” And “ Education news from Google I/O : tools to take learning further.” According to investment analyst firm CB Insights, “ Ed Tech Startup Exits Fall From Peak 2014 Levels.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” EdX has launched some new “professional certificate programs.”

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